Milton Hanna

Held lines against superior cavalry to save a wagon train.

Sixteen Union soldiers faced roughly 125 enemy cavalrymen at Nolensville, Tennessee, and Milton Hanna was one of the men who held the line and saved the wagon train.

Hanna was born in Licking County, Ohio, on January 12, 1842, and served in Company H, 2d Minnesota Infantry. He was a corporal at the time of the action and later reached sergeant. On February 15, 1863, the small detachment repulsed the much larger cavalry force attacking the train.

Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): One of sixteen men who defended a wagon train against an attack by 125 cavalrymen, repulsed the attack, and saved the train.

Hanna received the Medal of Honor in 1897. He died in Minnesota on January 21, 1913, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Mankato.